Goodbye Nimbus

Sky walks on childhood white cloud dreams—
Wind's gist, my puffy pillows, undo; stunned
With tastes of sugar rain in coffee mug—
Dropped out of the air, I break in streams

That trickle down her nose; withdrawn in
A memory walking home from play,
The sunset a strange blue fade that day,
Songbirds fleeing norther; she's hushed them

With the sky's rivers of crime,
A girlhood doll robbed by rainfall's stealth—
The eternal crack in me herself—
To weather out, when by time.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024



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Date: 5/31/2025 5:09:00 PM
Paige, this is heartbreak disguised in soft skies. “A girlhood doll robbed by rainfall’s stealth”--what a stunning, sorrowful image. The enclosed rhyme folds the grief in so gently, yet it lands with such impact. This feels like childhood’s hush after the storm--quiet, aching, and beautifully unresolved. Truly moving.
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Date: 8/16/2024 1:00:00 AM
Great job with enclosed rhymes. You are really good at creating atmosphere in your poetry. This I will fave. It is one of the best of yours I think I have seen
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Date: 8/15/2024 1:31:00 AM
Such a nostalgic Poem woven in such eloquence. I love the descriptive nature of your poem especially love the lines“ A memory walking home from play, The sunset a strange blue fade that day, Songbirds fleeing norther; she's hushed them” just so touching and beautiful! Pleasure always reading your poems. Sending you light
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Date: 8/14/2024 5:17:00 PM
what a beautiful scene from your spilled quill, Paige...I was totally there with my teapot and imaginary sunset!
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Date: 8/14/2024 3:25:00 PM
With tastes of sugar rain in coffee mug… The sunset a strange blue fade that day, Songbirds fleeing norther; she's hushed them…some mysterious imagery, dear Paige!
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Date: 8/14/2024 2:09:00 PM
Once again an excellent selection of words and your poem flows so well..
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Date: 8/14/2024 5:47:00 AM
That first line is pure poetry Paige. Love it
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